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Bree Brouwer

Phoenix
Covers:  Web television, online video, digital media/entertainment, video production, blogging, freelancing, tech, video games, geek and pop culture, and a few more random topics like history
Content marketing strategist & writer. Wife. Dog mom. Arizonan. Vintage fashion lover. Desert/water sustainability advocate. Hi!

Bree Brouwer’s Journalist Portfolio

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A Guide to Social Video

A Guide to Social Video

econtentmag.com — Believe it or not, YouTube celebrated its 10th birthday on Feb. 14, 2015. The Google-owned online video site has grown immensely since its debut; the visual content platform currently sees more than 300 hours (or 12 1/2 days' worth) of video uploaded per minute. Despite its popularity, YouTube is by no means the only platform or service on the market for brands looking to use social video. For many companies, "social video" is an enigmatic content format.

EXCLUSIVE: Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns on Smashing an Indiegogo Record - VideoInk

EXCLUSIVE: Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns on Smashing an Indiegogo Record - VideoInk

thevideoink.com — Rooster Teeth's first-ever crowdfunding campaign for its feature-length film "Lazer Team" broke a new record last weekend when it closed out with over $2.4 million, making the movie the most-funded film in Indiegogo history. In an exclusive interview at RTX in Austin, Burnie Burns, Rooster Teeth's co-founder and creative director, revealed how the entire campaign got started and how the staff never expected it to become as hugely successful as it did.

The Super-Simple Way to Get Ahead of Your Competitors (Hint: Use Video in Email)

The Super-Simple Way to Get Ahead of Your Competitors (Hint: Use Video in Email)

getvero.com — You're a smart person. But there's one key thing you're likely not doing with your email marketing that you should be. You recognize the value of email marketing, and you're implementing it in your own business in order to improve conversation rates and grow your brand. And because you want to beat your competition, right? This single email marketing strategy will skyrocket your efforts to create those conversations, build your brand and beat your competition.

Five Tips for Finding Free or Cheap Video Equipment

Five Tips for Finding Free or Cheap Video Equipment

videomaker.com — At the beginning of your videography career, equipment becomes your number one priority. Maybe you've stumbled across an incredible story idea for a short film or web series that must come to life on screen, or you're going to start that videography business you've always wanted. Whatever the case, you need to invest in some equipment. And of course, money seems to be eluding you. Fortunately, if you're just getting started with an endeavor, you have more resources than you might think. Quite a few options exist for finding cheap or free video equipment; you just need to know where to look.

Filling a Gap in Venture Capital: Crystal Tech Fund to Invest More Than Cash

Filling a Gap in Venture Capital: Crystal Tech Fund to Invest More Than Cash

women2.com — Most venture capitalists want a few specific outcomes when they invest in a small business or startup. They'd like the business to succeed, and they'd of course love to report back to their firm's investors that they're seeing positive financial returns. But Crystal Tech Fund goes far beyond either of those goals.

Starting Up in a Business Backwater

Starting Up in a Business Backwater

women2.com — When you start a social media agency in the middle of agricultural and food manufacturing in the worst state for female-owned businesses, you'd think the process would be incredibly challenging. But that wasn't Beth Trejo's experience when she started her social media company Chatterkick in Sioux City, Iowa.

Three Things Master Chief and Cortana Could Teach You About Marriage

Three Things Master Chief and Cortana Could Teach You About Marriage

gameranx.com — Master Chief and Cortana’s connection is more than just a regular old friendship, and it definitely goes beyond a “best friends forever” situation. Their connection runs far deeper than either of these, lasting through years of battles and stress and danger, to the point where we gamers should press the pause button and ask how these fictional characters could teach us about our real-life marriages.

Whoa, Nellie!

Whoa, Nellie!

phoenixmag.com — Even though she told the Arizona Republic in 1936 that roller skating "scares the life out of me," Nellie T. Bush didn't think twice when Arizona's governor declared martial law and asked her to ferry armed National Guard troops across the Colorado River in 1934 to stop California workers from completing the controversial Parker Dam project. She probably didn't even blink when her boat somehow got stuck in the water and her modest fleet had to be rescued by the Californians, in one of the more comical snapshots from Arizona's long battle for Colorado River water.